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* Microsoft Office | * Microsoft Office | ||
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** usually NO hard-borders, but usually light borders | ** usually NO hard-borders, but usually light borders | ||
* highlight current row: interactive programs (aka web) implement this feature, too | * highlight current row: interactive programs (aka web) implement this feature, too | ||
| + | * slightly rounded corners: sometimes a pretty cheap but visually pleasing effect | ||
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* Impress: '''highlight''' current row/ current area | * Impress: '''highlight''' current row/ current area | ||
** see [http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=79882 issue 79882] | ** see [http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=79882 issue 79882] | ||
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| + | == Styles & Themes == | ||
| + | * iWorks: professional looking styles & themes out of the box | ||
| + | * MS Office 2007: also professional looking styles & themes out of the box | ||
| + | ** Using these two products you have to almost struggle to create ugly documents | ||
| + | ** No confusion caused by multiple simultaneous pragmas (strong manual editing support vs styles based) | ||
| + | ** Themes format styles automatically, which means extremely easy switching of the whole look | ||
| + | * OOo is very poor on this area! | ||
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| + | == Context sensitivity == | ||
| + | * Please add... ! | ||
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[[Category:User_Experience]] | [[Category:User_Experience]] | ||
[[Category:To-Do|Usability]] | [[Category:To-Do|Usability]] | ||
Revision as of 22:03, 29 August 2007
Contents
Intro
The aim of this page is to provide an analysis of useful features from competitor software.
Competitor Software
- Adobe InDesign CS3
- Apple iWorks
- Microsoft Office
- various web-pages
- specific controls:
- Adobe Type Manager: group fonts
- ... please expand
Useful Features
Table Styles
Virtually every table on the net uses the following specific design:
Design
- header row: a background color is set
- table-rows:
- alternating backgrounds
- usually NO hard-borders, but usually light borders
- highlight current row: interactive programs (aka web) implement this feature, too
- slightly rounded corners: sometimes a pretty cheap but visually pleasing effect
Competitor Software
- virtually every web table, including the OOo and Mozilla issue-lists use these web-proven designs.
- Adobe InDesign CS3:
- Be more productive -> Full featured tables paragraph:
- flash demo: see the whole demo
Usability
- Writer: implement such a table style (NO issue yet filed)
- Calc: implement a Spreadsheet Table View
- see issue 78181
- different header style
- data-rows: alternating background
- highlight current row
- Impress: highlight current row/ current area
- see issue 79882
Styles & Themes
- iWorks: professional looking styles & themes out of the box
- MS Office 2007: also professional looking styles & themes out of the box
- Using these two products you have to almost struggle to create ugly documents
- No confusion caused by multiple simultaneous pragmas (strong manual editing support vs styles based)
- Themes format styles automatically, which means extremely easy switching of the whole look
- OOo is very poor on this area!
Context sensitivity
- Please add... !
